A clad plate comprising an improved wear resistant cladding. The clad plate comprises a substrate plate (11) having a plurality of adjacent lines of continuous bead welding (12) deposited thereon via arc welding. The bead welding is deposited in a wave-like fashion to form a sinusoidal or herringbone pattern. The bead welding can be deposited to form a cladding comprising a single layer or a cladding comprising multiple layers. The wave pattern of the clad layer substantially improves wear resistance of the clad plate and reduces the problem of channel wear brought about by exposure to highly abrasive environments because the abrasive materials cannot be carried continuously within the interstices between the bead welding lines as the abrasive materials flow across the clad plate. The clad plate shows greatest wear resistance when used in a manner such that the abrasive materials being handled by the clad plate move across the cladding perpendicular to the direction of bead welding line deposition.
